James S. Miller

First Name: James
Middle Name(s): S.
Last Name: Miller
Unit: 
Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Rank: 
sergeant; first sergeant
Residence (County): 
Lawrence County, PA
Biography: 

James S. Miller (b. ca. 1839) was from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1860 Census, Miller was living on the family farm owned by his parents, James Miller Sr. (b. ca. 1800) and Mary Miller (b. ca. 1808) and his five siblings. James S. Miller served as a sergeant in Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery and was killed at the Battle of Glendale, Virginia on June 30, 1862 (part of the Seven Days Battles around Richmond).

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Datesort descending Author Recipient From To
14159 JamesMiller2 July 9, 1861 James S. Miller Miller Family Oakmont, PA Lawrence County, PA
14163 JamesMiller4 August 12, 1861 James S. Miller Mary Miller Lawrence County, PA
14167 JamesMiller7 February 26, 1862 James S. Miller Elizabeth Miller VA Lawrence County, PA
14168 JamesMiller8 March 8, 1862 James S. Miller Elizabeth Miller VA Lawrence County, PA
14169 JamesMiller9 June 26, 1862 James S. Miller Elizabeth Miller Mechanicsville, VA Lawrence County, PA
14166 JamesMiller6 February 16, 1863 James S. Miller Elizabeth Miller VA Lawrence County, PA
14165 JamesMiller5 October 27, 1864 James S. Miller Elizabeth Miller VA Lawrence County, PA

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